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President Muhammadu Buhari has enjoined all Nigerians to ignore the recent call by the Northern Elders Forum to Fulani herders asking them to leave the southern part of Nigeria. The President said: “All citizens of Nigeria are free to move and live within any part of the country they please, whether or not they are originally from there. “In line with our country’s constitution, the government of Nigeria and the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari will protect citizens of Nigeria wherever they find themselves. “No one has the right to ask anyone or group to depart from any part of the country, whether north, south, east or west.” In a statement on behalf of the President, the Senior Special Assistant, Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, questioned the intentions of the NEF and the other so-called leaders in delving into issues with unsolicited, ill-intentioned advice. Shehu said: “They have no one’s authority to make such pronouncements. “The polarising role of the North...

The attack today started immediately after a burial. We went to bury the victims of last night’s attack and after the burial, as we were about to return home, we saw them running towards our village to attack. Suspected herdsmen have, again, attacked Hukke village in Miango, Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State. An eyewitness, Ishaya, told SaharaReporters on the phone on Wednesday. He said: “It is like a war scene right now, they just came to attack and they came in large numbers. They emerged from Yingi axis, around Rukuba. They have been coming to attack our village almost every day. “This has been going on for about two years now. The Fulani and the Rukuba people join hands together to take the land of the Irigwe people, so they are trying get it by all means because the land is fertile and it is good for grazing for their animals. “The attack today started immediately after a burial. We went to bury the victims of last night’s attack and after the burial, as we were...

All arrears arising from the implementation of the N30,000 minimum wage are expected to be worked out but federal civil servants who earn N30,000 and above will still get their salaries adjusted after the negotiations with the unions   President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the immediate payment of the national minimum wage to federal civil servants. Dr. Richard Egbule, the Executive Chairman of the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission (NSIWC), however, told journalists in Abuja on Tuesday that only federal civil servants who earn less than N30,000 monthly would benefit from the implementation. According to him, the salary structures affected include the consolidated public service salary structure (CONPSS); consolidated health salary structure (CONHESS); consolidated research and allied institutions salary structure (CONRAISS); consolidated tertiary institutions salary structure (CONTISS II) and consolidated tertiary educational institutions salary structure (CONT...

Former Vice-President and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last general elections, Atiku Abubakar, has said that the greatest threat to national security was the rising wave of poverty that has remained unchecked among Nigerians. In his reflection on the state of the nation, Atiku observed that the most dangerous dimension to the poverty ravaging the country was that the financial capacity of industrialists, businessmen and factory owners, who provide employment to the teeming youths, was also drastically reducing. Atiku said there was an urgent and compelling need for institutions of the Nigerian State to understand that it is an appalling dereliction of duty to stand idly by and allow misery multiply in the populace. In a statement by his media adviser, Paul Ibe, the former Vice President noted that the recent report by the United Nations Development Programme, published on July 11, 2019, which established that over 98 million Nigerians wer...

President Buhari has said that the Nigerian Armed Forces and their allies are winning the war against terror. Addressing Graduation Ceremony of Senior Course 41 at the Armed Forces Command and Staff College (AFCSC) in Jaji, President Buhari, commended the collaboration with neighbouring countries in the fight against Boko Haram terrorists, noting that the effort was crucial in decimating the enemy. ‘‘Many of the security threats faced by Nigeria are trans-border in nature. That is why the West African sub-region and indeed the African continent must step up the level of military cooperation that currently exists amongst us. I am sure you are aware of the collaboration of the Armed Forces of Nigeria, Republic of Cameroun, Niger, Benin and Chad in a multinational operation to decimate Boko Haram terrorists in the Lake Chad Basin and other regions. The effort is laudable and has continued to yield positive results, as the war on terror is being won on all sides. I want to assure y...

Former Minister of Education , Dr Oby Ezekwesili , on Saturday said President Muhammadu Buhari was not in charge of the country’ s armed forces . Ezekwesili , a co-founder of the # BringBackOurGirls Movement, stated this in an interview with journalists after speaking as a panellist in Lagos at the 11 th Wole Soyinka Centre Media Lecture series . The lecture was organised by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism to mark the 85 th birthday of the Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka . Other panellists were a Senior Programme Officer , MacArthur Foundation , Amina Salihu; Executive Director , Paradigm Shift , Gbenga Sesan ; Director , Voter Education and Publicity, Independent National Electoral Commission, Oluwole Osaze -Uzzi ; and Chairman , Editorial Board , Nigeria Info Radio Group , Rotimi Sankore . It was moderated by the Head of CNN Africa ’ s Digital Editorial , Stephanie Busari . Ezekwesili , who was responding to the security problems in the country, followi...

Some aggrieved members of the Ondo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress have insisted the recent meeting in Akure between the National Leader of the party , Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu , and APC leaders in the state to resolve the crisis in the state branch of the party did not address the real problems. Former Interim National Chairman of the APC , Chief Bisi Akande ; former Governor of Ogun State , Chief Olusegun Osoba ; Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu , and his Ekiti State counterpart , Kayode Fayemi, attended the meeting held behind closed doors. After the meeting , Tinubu and Akande said the aim of the meeting was to unite the party members in a bid to win future elections in the state . However, one of the aggrieved members of the party in the state told our correspondent on condition of anonymity that Tinubu and other leaders came to the state for personal reasons. He said , “ I don’ t think Tinubu came to Ondo State to reconcile the warring factions , he came to r...